Since when has our nation become a seeming dictatorship and anarchy through social media and the public? Where has our respect for eachothers opinions and the grace of accepting and gaining perspective, respectfully, for those around us.
In speaking with friends We have all agreed that it has been one of the hardest decisions we have ever had to make, while in the midst of that honest decision we feel we can't discuss it for fear of being judged and spoken down upon for the outcome we have decided on.
We have had people elected to office before that have not been liked by everyone. It is the history of our country. Republican and Democrats. So what is different? Why does this election seem so much worse? Because it is highlighted by MEDIA. We choose to believe what we see more than we research what we see. Things are blown up and words thrown. What else is different? The generations who are in the voting majority.
"When nothing is owed or deserved or expected
And your life doesn't change by the man that's elected
If you're loved by someone, you're never rejected
Decide what to be and go be it" -The Avett Brothers "Head Full of Doubt"
"My dear wormwood,
Be sure that the patient remains completely fixated on politics. Arguments, political gossip, and obsessing on faults of people they have never met serves as an excellent distraction from advancing in personal virtue, character, and things the patient can control. Make sure to keep the patient in constant state of angst, frustration, and general disdain towards the rest of the human race in order to avoid any kind of charity or inner peace from further developing. Ensure the patient continues to believe that the problem is "out there" in the "broken system" rather than recognizing there is a problem with himself.
Keep up the good work,
Uncle Screwtape."
"Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis- 1942
These things are known to be true:
-We still live in a great country
-We have the ability and opportunity to start afresh.
-Our President elect still needs to go through others in order to change things.
-God was is control
-God IS in control
-God will ALWAYS be in control
Truth: He (my God) is not surprised by any of this. Through it all he still just wants his children back. He is fighting for us and the controls are in his hands. Not Trumps, Not Clintons.... Gods. He will make a way.
"I fall down upon the ground
Press my face against the earth
Till my heart it rises over my head
As the wheat it bows down low
When the autumn wind blows
Kneel before the One I love
Find me grateful
Find me thankful
Find me on my knees
Find me Dreaming
Find me singing
Find me lost in Your grace"
-Find Me: Jonathan David Helser
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